*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 20007.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 2830 TTY 202 / 418- 2555 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov RELEASED: July 23, 2002 Telecommunications Slamming Complaint Reporting Form, FCC Form 478- Aug, Now Available The Telecommunications Slamming Complaint Reporting Form, FCC Form 478- Aug, is now available. Section 64.1180 of the Federal Communications Commission's rules 1 requires all telecommunications carriers providing telephone exchange service and/ or telephone toll service to file the Telecommunications Slamming Complaint Reporting Form (FCC Form 478). The next filing is due August 15, 2002. Pursuant to the Commission’s orders, filings of the FCC Form 478 are available for public inspection in the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau’s Reference Information Center. 2 All information submitted in a carrier’s FCC Form 478 filing will be made available to the public unless confidential treatment is sought pursuant to section 0.459 of the Commission’s rules. 3 Copies of FCC Form 478- Aug are available by calling (800) 418- 3676 and on- line at http:// www. fcc. gov/ formpage. html. For more information contact the Reference Information Center at (202) 418- 0270. -FCC- 1 47 C. F. R. § 64.1180. 2 See In the Matter of Implementation of The Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Policies and Rules Concerning Unauthorized Changes of Consumers Long Distance Carriers, CC Docket No. 94- 129, Third Report and Order and Second Order on Reconsideration, 15 F. C. C. R. 15996, 16023 (2000). 3 47 C. F. R. § 0.459. 1